Recent content by DoozyWombat

In 2019, I built a chicken coop and a rabbitry. The coop was a deluxe Woods coop, and cost me about $1000 in materials. The rabbitry is an eight (large) cage model, and cost about $400 in materials. (Per animal, the coop was much cheaper, as the coop can handle up to forty adult chickens.) In...

I don't have scientific evidence, but I think the reasoning is sound. If you break the neck effectively, the hind legs may kick in reflex, but nothing is coming from the brain to affect the body anymore. So it looks like an instant dispatch. Yet the brain is where the animal's awareness resides...

I've used the captive bolt gun as the fastest and most humane dispatch, but beware: You have to swirl the gun around in a little cone after doing it. Rabbit brains are small, and if you don't hit it exactly right, you will cause a lot of suffering. But if you do the swirling motion, it takes...

If anyone is interested in New Zealand White stock, I'm selling or butchering all my stock. Northern Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. I'd rather sell them as breeding stock than end up slaughtering for food, but they are going, and soon. Reply if interested. I'd keep them if I had the time to...

Pretty old topic, but I am selling my stock of New Zealand Whites (NZW) meat rabbits. I'm in the northern Shenandoah Valley in Virginia--Berryville. Reply if interested.

I am selling my stock of New Zealand Whites (NZW) meat rabbits. I'm in the northern Shenandoah Valley in Virginia--Berryville. Reply if interested.

Pretty old topic, but I am selling my stock of New Zealand Whites (NZW) meat rabbits. I'm in the northern Shenandoah Valley in Virginia--Berryville. Reply if interested.

I'm definitely not an expert, but try separating them for a couple of days, then putting them back together. It seems to me the bucks are often triggered by the doe being introduced. It may be he's never been excited enough to persist long enough. Let him get super excited by seeing her, and he...

I missed this the first time. I can see how that can potentially eliminate any near misses. Thanks! I'll post a follow-up once we've tried it again. <br /><br /> __________ Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:21 pm __________ <br /><br /> Follow-up: I've dispatched two rabbits since the last post on here. I...

This is very helpful. I've been "dabbling," and it is becoming clear that rabbit meat is really expensive to produce! I haven't calculated the actual cost, but I'm guessing it's going to be something on the order of eight to ten dollars per pound, not counting the startup and equipment costs. I...

Just to follow up on this. I had decided on Silver Fox, but the local source for that closed up their rabbitry. By the time I could look farther, we were in COVID lockdown. This was great advice. I now have two NZW does, which I bought pre-bred from a local breeder. He was very helpful, and...

It tastes even better after a day in the refrigerator. By all means, let me know if it works for you.

I did an experiment yesterday, essentially duplicating my campfire beef pot roast recipe in a crock pot with rabbit. It was outstanding. I'll include both, as it's one concept with multiple applications. For the campfire, this is one of the best recipes you can use on a campout (but not if...

Thanks very much for clarifying. I think I'll be trying it again this weekend (depends on the rabbit owner.) I'm pretty sure I was holding it flat against the skull, which is probably okay, but too far forward. Drawing the X between the back corners of the eyes and the back corners of the ears...

Thank you so much for replying! I did see that quote earlier, but the only part that was clear was the back corner of the eyes. The only references I find for occipital bun or suprainiac fossa are on humans. Excuse me for being dense, but when you say "the back edge of the base of the ear"...